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Genesis 44:8

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Remember that we brought back the money we found at the top of our sacks when we returned from Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

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“Clearly we're being punished for what we did to our brother,” they said to each other. “We watched him in agony pleading with us for mercy, but we refused to listen to him. That's why we're in all this trouble.”

On their way they stopped for the night, and one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey something to eat and saw his money there at the top of the sack.

As they emptied their sacks, each one's money bag was there in his sack! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were horrified.

Take double the money that was returned to you in your sacks—maybe it was a mistake.

They were really worried that they were being taken to Joseph's house. “It's because of the money that was put in our sacks the first time we came,” they said to each other. “That's why we're being brought in—so he can accuse us and attack us! He'll make us his slaves and take our donkeys!”

“My lord, what are you saying?” they replied. “We your servants wouldn't do anything like that!

“Which ones?” the man asked him. “Don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't give false testimony,

“You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not jealously want things for yourself”—these and the other commandments are summed up in the statement, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”




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